U18 World League

Estabovallen
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Patric Molander took the kick off in the first half of the match. Tage Wennerlund's late challenge caught a Yala's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tage Wennerlund helped the player get up and apologised. After 3 played minutes Åsbro Flåsegutter got a freekick which was hit by Tage Wennerlund. After 4 played minutes Yala got a freekick which was hit by Luisito Birjaio. Patric Molander hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Yala's defense didn't have a chance, in the 13th minute, when Patric Molander scored to the left of an out of position Valentin Eguntsenti, making the score, 1-0. In the 16th minute, Feliberto Joey ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Walter Gustavsson was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Abelardo Obano's late challenge caught a Åsbro Flåsegutter's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Abelardo Obano helped the player get up and apologised. After 23 played minutes Yala got a freekick which was hit by Abelardo Obano. In the 24th minute, Björn Hellgren got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Walter Gustavsson came out of the goal in the 26th minute to try and stop a shot by Yala's Cristobal Aurken. But to his dismay, Cristobal Aurken quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. Martin Molin blasted a shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Valentin Eguntsenti having to make a save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Martin Molin got free with Valentin Eguntsenti in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ciriaco Reyes hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. If Feliberto Joey had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 42 minutes, Björn Hellgren managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Åsbro Flåsegutter's supporters crossed their fingers, but Björn Hellgren was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Patric Molander sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Abelardo Obano got his second yellow card in the match during the 46th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 47th minute John Engström suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. 47 minutes into the game, Herminio Richie was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Yala's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Åsbro Flåsegutter the free kick. In the 49th minute, Herminio Richie hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 51st minute, Björn Hellgren managed to get in a good position for a shot. Åsbro Flåsegutter's supporters rose to their feet, but Björn Hellgren was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Valentin Eguntsenti breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.

When Herminio Richie was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 63 minutes had been played. After 63 played minutes Yala got a freekick which was hit by Herminio Richie. After a rather tough play, Åsbro Flåsegutter's Birger Dahlqvist got a free kick in the 68th minute. Åsbro Flåsegutter's Björn Hellgren got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 82 played minutes Yala got a freekick which was hit by Feliberto Joey. 83 minutes into the match, Björn Hellgren had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Valentin Eguntsenti. Yala's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Björn Hellgren was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-4. When Luisito Birjaio came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Yala fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Luisito Birjaio couldn't finish the play. In the 91st minute the ball was on its way in behind Yala's goalkeeper Valentin Eguntsenti, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 98 minutes into the match, Yala's goal looked a bit too open when Martin Molin came free, but Valentin Eguntsenti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Åsbro Flåsegutter's Tage Wennerlund got a good chance for a goal in the 100th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Yala's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.